The people of the Bay Islands now have as many relatives often in the Cayman Islands and Belize as they do here. Trading, including fishing, shrimp and lobster, generated strong relationships with the U.S. with generations of Islanders being born, educated and living in the states. This coming week we celebrate U.S. Thanksgiving on Thursday like you do. Here of …
Tips for Cheap Airfare
I saw this article in a ‘Smarterlifestyles.com’ link and thought it was something that would be an interest to all who travel. Not just to our beautiful Bay Islands but anywhere. It seems when you book, what day you book and how you book your flights all matters. http://www.smarterlifestyles.com/2013/10/01/tips-to-getting-the-cheapest-airline-flights/
Medical Care considerations
When considering a ‘home away from home’ especially on an island, there are questions that go through your mind in the evaluation of the entire process. One of those evaluations is medical care. There is no doubt that the low end of quality can be lower than what you are accustomed to, and at times the high end may not …
A new Sports Bar has opened on the island!
A new Sports Bar has opened on the island! This location has started a contest to ‘name the bar’ but is in the old location of the ‘Hungry Kiwi’ in Sandy Bay at the Lawson Rock condo complex. The have a great $5.00 Burger for lunch and also serve Gyros, (yum). They open for Breakfast at 7 am and are …
RE/MAX Bay Islands Newsletter November 2013
The more uneasy the economy is, the more important familiarity and stability become, especially in real estate. People want to know about their safest options and most promising opportunities and they need to know that the information is reliable and responsible. When you require an objective, professional opinion, you need to trust your source and be confident in its credibility. …
Auto repair on Roatan
Although the auto repair shops look nothing like what you have where you live in that they basically are outdoor facilities with drive in bays. They still may have the alignment rack and hydraulic lift in the bay and seem a bit strange when you pull in, they can certainly be very competent with the computer needed to do the …
Retirement Adventure
People are drawn at times to islands for many reasons. The laid back life style, the lower expenses and tropical climate. Some have said that what God did not give to the people of Central America he more than made up for in natural habitat. The lack of cold weather, the plentiful fruits, veggies and seafood allows people with little …
Obama Care getting you down? …….How about Honduran Care?
With my being here on Roatan, (and it really makes little difference to me politically on which side my readers are on in regard to all the trauma going on in the U.S. regarding the medical situation in the U.S.), because much of what happens there matters little to us here, especially medical care. It seems that the past couple …
Rotary International on Roatan keeps on giving!
This year like past years finds the Rotary on Roatan continue to give to project all over the island. In addition to their ongoing project to install proper sanitary facilities in every school on the island they recently announced that the school in ‘Punta Gorda’ was granted $5,000 to do necessary maintenance, the school in Pollytilly granted $1,000 for a …
Live on an Island: Seven of the World’s Best
Yet again, Roatan has been named one of the top islands to live on, retire on and invest on. ‘International Living’ magazine has named Roatan on of the top places to be. See the article in full right here.